Feb 10 2009
A-Rod admission only the beginning?
It was only a matter of time before the sports world were exposed to the laundry list of MLB players who have gone to the syringe using steroids.
With Alex Rodriquez admitting cheating while with the Texas Rangers during the 2001 through 2003 seasons and Miguel Tejada getting hit with charges for lying during a Congressional investigation on steroids the list will only continue to grow.
Getting most of the attention lately has been Barry Bonds who’s trial starts the beginning of March and Roger Clemens who is under intense investigation for perjury. Bonds has already entered a not-guilty plea last week.
The sorriest part of the A-Rod situation is that MLB knew he had failed tests for performance-enhancing drugs during his American League MVP season. That raises a very interesting question.
Although it is too late for the Rangers to take back their $250 million contract that the injecting player has received and possibly spent, should A-Rod be stripped of that MVP trophy and any records associated with it?
People were screaming for Bonds to have an asterisk next to his name and the ball that he hit over the fence breaking Hank Aaron’s home-run record.
Fair is fair, if Bonds has an asterisk, A-Rod certainly deserves one.
If Clemens is found to have used juice during his record-setting career and dozens of other star players who have admitted use, lets just call in a crew from HGTV to redecorate Cooperstown with an array of asterisks.
